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Meaning of cleave

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cleave
      v 1: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;
           "cleave the bone" [syn: {cleave}, {split}, {rive}]
      2: make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel
         into the rock"
      3: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and
         resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label
         stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" [syn:
         {cling}, {cleave}, {adhere}, {stick}, {cohere}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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